118 NEW- YORK FAUNA. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



C. macrotis. (Richardson, pi. 20.) Greyish, with a black tipped tail ; cars large ; horns with three 

 branches ; forehead dark brown. About the size of the Common Deer. Plains of Missouri.  



C. leucurus. (Richardson, p. 258, not figured.) Reddish brown in summer, light grey in winter. 

 Tail long, white beneath and at tip. Size of Common Deer, to which it is closely allied. Rocky 

 Mountains. 



C. nemoralis. (Smith, Griffith's Cuv. Vol.4, plate.) Greyish brown tinged with yellow ; forehead 

 and nose black. Horns branched at tip, the anterior branch curved forward like a hook. Loui- 

 siana. 



GENUS ELAPHUS. 



Horns in the male only ; round, very large, never palmated, furnished with a distinct muzzle. 

 Canine teeth in the males in the upper jaw, sub-orbital; sinus large. 



THE AMERICAN STAG. 



Elaphus canadensis. 



PLATE XXVllI. FIG. 2. 



Cervus canadensis. RaV, Synops. Quad, p. 64. 



C. strongyhceros. ScHEEBER, Saugethiere, Vol. 2, p. 1074, pi. 247, F. o. 



Alces americanus. Jefferson, Notes on Virginia, p. 77. 



Elk. Smith, Med. Repos. Vol. 2, p. 157, figure. (Male, female, young.) 



C. wapiti. Baetox, Med. and Phys. Jour. Vol.3, p. 36. Fred. Chtier, Mamm. Vol. 2. Male (winter dress) . 



C.canadmsis. Haelan, Fauna, p. 236. Godman, Vol. 2, p. 294, figure. (Male.) 



Wapiti. Griffith's Cuvier, Vol. 4, p. 96, plate (male); and Vol. 5, p. 309. 



C. stTongyloceros. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 1, p. 251. 



Characteristics. Grey, with a large pale yellowish spot on its rump. Horns large, with large 

 brow antlers. Tail very short. Larger than the common deer. 



Description. Body robust, symmetrical, slightly more elevated at the withers than on the hind 

 quarters. Height at the foreshoulders varying from four feet to four feet eight inches. Sub- 

 orbital sinus with a naked triangular space around it. Muzzle broad and black. Ears large 

 and white within. Males with canine teeth in the upper jaw. On the foreshoulder, a short 

 rudimentary mane. Under the throat, there is a sort of dewlap, composed of black hair from 

 four to six inches long. Horns large, with the brow antlers nearly or quite in the direction of 

 the facial line. Females without horns or dewlaps ; the tail in both sexes very short. 



Color. The variation produced by age or sex is but slight. In the spring, it is of a reddish 

 hue, changing as the summer advances to a yellowish brown ; in the autumn, this changes to 

 a buff color, which becomes grey in winter. The rump is pale fawn or yellowish, circum- 



